Martin Antonenko
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Tsar of All Russia...
On January 16, 1547, the young Ivan IV was the first to have himself crowned “Tsar of all Russia”. Later the people will call him "The Terrible".
The young tsar has had an extremely joyless and brutal childhood. When he is eight years old, his mother, the regent Helena Glinskaja, is poisoned (forensic facial reconstruction)...:
From now on the boy is in the hands of the powerful boyars Shuisky and Belsky...
...who give him the most brutal "education" possible in order to rule themselves.
Ivan discovers his power only at the age of 13, neutralizes Belsky and, with the help of the Kremlin guards, allows Shuisky to be torn apart by hunting dogs, whom he had previously starved for a week.
Ivan is only 16 years old when he is crowned tsar by the Moscow metropolitan Makariy...:
In reality, the prince of the church does not put a crown on the new tsar, as in the old woodcut above, but the famous "Cap of Monomakh" ...:
The "Cap of Monomakh" is a 14th-century goldsmith's work, adorned with precious stones and a border of sable skin.
It was probably a gift from Uzbek Khan, a prince of the Golden Horde, to his brother-in-law Ivan Kalita of Moscow (Ivan I)...
... during Tatar rule in Russia.
According to ancient sources, this Tatar hat was a symbol of Moscow's subordination to the Khan of the Golden Horde. During the 15th or 16th century it received a cross on top to symbolize the god-given power of the tsar.
In Russian folklore, the "Cap of Monomakh" was a gift from the Christian Roman Emperor Constantine to Vladimir Monomakh, the prince of Kyiv - and thus symbolizes Russia's claim to be the "Third Rome".
The "Cap of Monomakh" is a 14th-century goldsmith's work, adorned with precious stones and a border of sable skin.
It was probably a gift from Uzbek Khan, a prince of the Golden Horde, to his brother-in-law Ivan Kalita of Moscow (Iwan I,) during Tatar rule in Russia.
According to ancient sources, this Tatar hat was a symbol of Moscow's subordination to the Khan of the Golden Horde. During the 15th or 16th century it received a cross on top to symbolize the god-given power of the tsar.
In Russian folklore, the "cap of Monomakh" was a gift from the Christian Roman Emperor Constantine to Vladimir Monomakh, the prince of Kyiv - and thus symbolizes Russia's claim to be the "Third Rome".
After Petr I came into power, the Romanovs believed they could renounce the old symbol of power (their position in Russia had become unassailable!) and afforded their own crown...:
Tsar Ivan IV will rule for 41 years...
....and the number of people killed by himself (which he loved to do) or on his orders...
... will be surpassed in Russian history only by Yosif Stalin.
Sergej Eisensetein's famous film about Ivan IV was certainly not by chance Stalin's favorite film...:
On January 16, 1547, the young Ivan IV was the first to have himself crowned “Tsar of all Russia”. Later the people will call him "The Terrible".
The young tsar has had an extremely joyless and brutal childhood. When he is eight years old, his mother, the regent Helena Glinskaja, is poisoned (forensic facial reconstruction)...:
From now on the boy is in the hands of the powerful boyars Shuisky and Belsky...
...who give him the most brutal "education" possible in order to rule themselves.
Ivan discovers his power only at the age of 13, neutralizes Belsky and, with the help of the Kremlin guards, allows Shuisky to be torn apart by hunting dogs, whom he had previously starved for a week.
Ivan is only 16 years old when he is crowned tsar by the Moscow metropolitan Makariy...:
In reality, the prince of the church does not put a crown on the new tsar, as in the old woodcut above, but the famous "Cap of Monomakh" ...:
The "Cap of Monomakh" is a 14th-century goldsmith's work, adorned with precious stones and a border of sable skin.
It was probably a gift from Uzbek Khan, a prince of the Golden Horde, to his brother-in-law Ivan Kalita of Moscow (Ivan I)...
... during Tatar rule in Russia.
According to ancient sources, this Tatar hat was a symbol of Moscow's subordination to the Khan of the Golden Horde. During the 15th or 16th century it received a cross on top to symbolize the god-given power of the tsar.
In Russian folklore, the "Cap of Monomakh" was a gift from the Christian Roman Emperor Constantine to Vladimir Monomakh, the prince of Kyiv - and thus symbolizes Russia's claim to be the "Third Rome".
The "Cap of Monomakh" is a 14th-century goldsmith's work, adorned with precious stones and a border of sable skin.
It was probably a gift from Uzbek Khan, a prince of the Golden Horde, to his brother-in-law Ivan Kalita of Moscow (Iwan I,) during Tatar rule in Russia.
According to ancient sources, this Tatar hat was a symbol of Moscow's subordination to the Khan of the Golden Horde. During the 15th or 16th century it received a cross on top to symbolize the god-given power of the tsar.
In Russian folklore, the "cap of Monomakh" was a gift from the Christian Roman Emperor Constantine to Vladimir Monomakh, the prince of Kyiv - and thus symbolizes Russia's claim to be the "Third Rome".
After Petr I came into power, the Romanovs believed they could renounce the old symbol of power (their position in Russia had become unassailable!) and afforded their own crown...:
Tsar Ivan IV will rule for 41 years...
....and the number of people killed by himself (which he loved to do) or on his orders...
... will be surpassed in Russian history only by Yosif Stalin.
Sergej Eisensetein's famous film about Ivan IV was certainly not by chance Stalin's favorite film...:
